{"id":14072,"date":"2022-11-05T09:13:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T16:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=14072"},"modified":"2022-11-05T09:13:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T16:13:06","slug":"far-rights-rise-in-israel-driven-by-anxiety-and-fear-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=14072","title":{"rendered":"“Far Right\u2019s Rise in Israel Driven by Anxiety and Fear”, The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

By <\/span>Patrick Kingsley, Nov.5, 202<\/span><\/p>\n

To win election, Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right allies harnessed perceived threats to Israel\u2019s Jewish identity after ethnic unrest last year and the subsequent inclusion of Arab lawmakers in the government.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Supporters of Benjamin Netanyahu last month during a Likud party rally in Sderot, Israel. A far-right alliance, Religious Zionism, has given back to Mr. Netanyahu his parliamentary majority.<\/span>Credit…<\/span>Amit Elkayam for The New York Times<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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LOD, Israel \u2014 The sectarian unrest between Arabs and Jews that swept across Israeli cities in May 2021<\/a> helped end Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s last term in office. Seventeen months later, fallout from that same unrest has helped put him back in power<\/a> \u2014 at the head of one of the most right-wing coalitions Israel has ever known.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s riots, in places like Lod, a central city with a mixed Arab and Jewish population, helped nudge Naftali Bennett \u2014 a onetime ally of Mr. Netanyahu \u2014 toward breaking ranks. Mr. Bennett ran on the promise of trying to heal Israel\u2019s sectarian divides, and he formed a rival coalition<\/a> with centrist, leftist and Arab lawmakers that ousted Mr. Netanyahu from office last June<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Right-wing Jewish voters this past week punished Mr. Bennett for that decision, which they grew to see as a betrayal of Israel\u2019s Jewish identity. His party suffered a wipeout in the general election on Monday<\/a>, while support for a more extreme alliance doubled. And it is that far-right alliance<\/a>, Religious Zionism, that has given back to Mr. Netanyahu his parliamentary majority.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody who voted for Bennett looked at what happened over the last year and thought, \u2018Let\u2019s do that again,\u2019\u201d said Noam Dreyfuss, a community organizer in Lod who voted for Mr. Bennett in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cMost of us voted this time for Religious Zionism,\u201d Mr. Dreyfuss said. With Religious Zionism, he added, \u201cWhat you vote for is what you get.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n